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The Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, the National Population and Family Panning Board (BKKBN), and the Ministry of State Secretariat, with the technical support from UNFPA Indonesia will host a South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Clinical Training on Comprehensive, Rights-Based Family Planning in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 1-21 July 2018. The training is for medical doctors with at least 3 years clinical experience. 

 

The Government of Indonesia us providing partial scholarship for 10 medical doctors from other developing countries including your country to join the SSTC training. The partial scholarship includes free hotel accommodation, meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), local transportation and airport transfers in Yogyakarta. Please be advised, however, that the sponsoring organization need to pay the tuition fee of USD 1,000 in addition to the air tickets and partial DSA. Sponsoring organizations sending more than one participants may get 20% discount of the tuition fee. 

 

To apply for the programme, interested applicants need to fill out the enclosed registration form and send it to ssc.comprehensivefp.indonesia@gmail.com by 28 February 2018. The joint committee will then select the best 10 participants to join the training programme in Yogyakarta.

 

The Worlds apart: Reproductive Health and Rights in an age of Inequality

 

In today’s world, gaps in wealth have grown shockingly wide. Billions of people linger at the bottom, denied their human rights and prospects for a better life. At the top, resources and privileges accrue at explosive rates, pushing the world ever further from the vision of equality embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

 

Inequality is often understood in terms of income or wealth—the dividing line between the rich and poor. But, in reality, economic disparities are only one part of the inequality story. Many other social, racial, political and institutional dimensions feed on each other, and together block hope for progress among people on the margins. Two critical dimensions are gender inequality, and inequalities in realizing sexual and reproductive health and rights; the latter, in particular, still receives inadequate attention. Neither explains the totality of inequality in the world today, but both are essential pieces that demand much more action. Without such action, many women and girls will remain caught in a vicious cycle of poverty, diminished capabilities, unfulfilled human rights and unrealized potential—especially in developing countries, where gaps are widest.